Visit Asshai, ancient port city that lies beneath the Shadow, city of all sorts of practitioners of the "higher mysteries", where no knowledge is forbidden. City, where legend of Azor Ahai originates. Visit scrivatv.com for more
I want a game of thrones spinoff that takes place entirely in this eastern part of essos and maybe even ulthos. they're definitely some of the most intriguing places in this world... probably won't happen though
Funnily enough, we'd be saying the same thing about Westeros if it took place in places like Asshai. A land where dragons still live, dead men walk in the north using ice magic, people who use warging, targaryens still live, and one of the richest cities in the world.
Nah, all the people who believe that all the stories are 100% true don't really get it. In ancient Europe maps were notoriously unreliable as traders and travelers only heard and saw a tiny bit of places, their imagination and the stories they told when they returned to Europe were inflated and changed to be more astounding and interesting. A lot of the people commenting here are missing that, hell even GRRM has gone on record as saying the stories of these places are not reliable or accurate. The point of a ton of these places is also basically to be nothing more then a reference to other works GRRM likes anyways. Beyond the fact these places are probably not as crazy as described, imagine if you lived say in Yiti, and heard stories of Westeros? You would hear of a continent of a giant ice wall, undead walkers from the north, castles built on top of mines of endless gold, other castles made so high on mountains they hang in the air. a massive tower in a town dominated by it within which contains ancient knowledge. Sure maybe these places do have a bit of crazy stuff, maybe Asshai and Stygai really are the radioactive remnants of a pre apocalypse civilization? Maybe they are filled with crazy wizz bizz, or maybe they are nothing more then the dark toxic ruins of a megalopolis that crazy people live in. The mystery would be ruined in actually going there.
@@mfb5642 My point is that in Essos maybe they say the people of the Eyre can fly? That the people of the Iron Islands can revive the long dead (lol cpr), that there are a 1000 dragons etc The point is that they are merely stories made grander and grander everytime they move to a new port.
@@fucktardickis"they say the people of the Eyre can fly" but they did. Through the moon door they can fly. But only once for the rest of their lifetime...
@@sadiqahmed4143 It could be an actual nuke. Plenty of media has nuclear war spawning new lands both magical and non. From The Death gate Cycle to Adventure Time, it proves it can be done, and done well.
Yay, finally Asshai! And for all of you hoping to see more of Essos in GoT... it won't happen. In a spinoff? Meh, we know so little about it, but still, I'd rather have it as a mystery*.
all the far most interesting thing from G.R.R. Martin world, aside of Sothoryos, are in Far Eastern Essos (+ Ulthos) in all those uncanny eerie unsettling old places and cities: Asshai, Stygai, Carcossa, K´Dath, Bonetown, City of Winged Men, Cities of Bloodless Men, and so on. There must be some dark ancient connection between all of them, far more than the already known Lovecraftian lore influence, and even some further importance on the future. They can´t be just random oddities as that!
you could make Westeros seem just as interesting. Here, imagine I'm a Yi-Tish scholar who has never visited Westeros saying all this: "For many centuries all the peoples of Westeros were ruled over by demon kings who took the form of men with silver hair. It is said that fire ran through their veins instead of blood, and they sat on a throne made of molten iron. But most fearsome were their dragons-great winged beasts the demons had bred deep in the bowels of hell itself, long before they emerged into our world. Their reign of terror was ended, though, when Baratheon-a demigod who was half man and half stag-united the brave men of Westeros and led them to a glorious victory over the silver-haired demon king. In the far north, past the direwolf den known as Winterfell lies the Great Ice Wall, an enormous barrier made long ago with the help of giants and forgotten magic. It is said that angels who take the form of children live in the forests beyond the Wall, sent by ancient gods as protection against their eternal enemy, the demons of ice. These ice demons lurk within the Lands of Always Winter, an evil place the Northmen believe is a gateway to the Underworld itself. Westerosi legends say that when the End Time comes, the sun will vanish, winter will reign, and the ice demons will throw open the gates of the Underworld and lead the dead in a final war against the living. Traders and explorers who have allegedly visited the far west of the world say that some Westerosi claim the End Time is already upon us. But all of this is surely nothing more than silly superstition-rumors and myths spread by the ignorant masses that have grown wilder and wilder each time a new person shares the story. The true facts about mysterious Westeros are, unfortunately, lost among the ridiculous fairy tales"
@@pIayingwithmahwii of course that there is ways to make Westeros as much like it´s interesting to introduce Essos and/or Sothoryos (though this latter it´s actually interesting for Essos too), but as it´s mostly done with lore coming from Western civilization-history it´s kinda more relatable considering the large influence of it on the real world than other different civilizations matching on with the Eastern world or furtherly unknown Southern environments. Cleverly Martin made his world greater for allowing a bit of it, whereas Tolkien totally avoided it, thus being a more complex and realistic broader-lore world than other far more ethnocentric world-buildings.
Binoy J S that would be massive. Tamriel is the entire continent in Elder scrolls, picture the map of skyrim with the map in oblivion and morrowind, then even more, all densely populated and not empty. Thats asking for too much.
Elder Scrolls Online has the entire Tamriel. It's huge. And there are huge maps that are filled like the Crew, Just Cause 3 etc. A game with the map of GOT, in the size of ESO with Witcher 3's graphics and Shadow of Mordor's combat would be great! I know it would be huge. But you can scale down to the current limitations of Hardware. It's still be a beautiful world!
isnt it ironic that the Citadel and Asshai lie almost at opposite ends of the map. Almost like how further you travel East the higher the higher mysteries are in reputation and the further you go West the more knowledge and wisdom is valued
timpyrules well it's kinda like how Asia was viewed in Europe, where not a lot was known and there were plenty of rumors. Since much of ASOIAF is based off history.
These are so great and informational. And please don't let xenophobic assholes tell you there's anything wrong with your accent, it's perfectly understandable and they just want something to complain about
Very creepy stuff. But I wonder how much of it is reliable? Are the maesters who wrote of the places going off rumours, or second-hand accounts, or have they seen those places?
There is an Asshai'i ethnic group with a distinct appearance from other Humans, and there are no babies in Asshai... How does that add up? Or are they literally spawned from the Shadows?
I think the demons and monsters that were attacking Essos during the Long Night, maybe are connected to the The Others God of the White Walkers. Maybe these monsters and demons had shadowry forms like what Melisandre gave birth to? And zombie likes wights, only more closer to typical slower-walking zombies.
I hope George gives us more information about Yi Ti, Sothoryos, and The Shadow in The Winds of Winter and A Dream of Spring; you can’t just create these vast, mysterious, end exotic locations within your own eon spanning history and only have them referenced in a single companion book and not in the main series. Even if the main character’s never see them in person I believe that Martin intends to at least have them referenced more directly in the coming books.
Wait, so there are pale seemingly dead people in the far east, in a land full of cannibals? Also there is a deep gorge and a mountain range? Sounds like they are talking about the farthest northwest parts of Westeros. I know that's a common theory, but it seems like the map actually wraps back around on the edge
@@uboatfreak4390 the map of the known world is based on how far people in a medieval setting got to travel. Planetos might be bigger than the measters can know at this point of history.
I think Asshai is the old capital of the Great Empire of the Dawn or at least the hypothesized pre-valyrian dragonlord civilization. The ones who the valyrians got there knowledge from.
Strange that half of Azor Ahais other names are almost(very similar too) the names of The Eternal Champion ..Elric,Hyrkoon etc.. Obviously Martin is a Moorcock fan..
so she might knew some more information than Melissandre?! o.o if she was from the Shadow Land near to Asshai, but not Asshai itself, she might have knew even something from Stygai!! o.o
But the only city left unmaped is the city of dreaming poets where poets drink wine from cups made of skulls coated in Gold-it must be just off the map in Ulthos or most east Essos, Easteros
ok great I got a response..Ok I've got a question for you ScrivaTV. Have you ever seen the game of thrones 360 opening...well if you pause it and look across the sunset sea there is a Whole Extra Continent West Of Westeros, that I've never seen in any expaned world map ,and there is also the game of thrones title card/pic from the first season that has a coast line across the sunset sea that can't really be matched(without ALOT work-and that would be the one north of east essos-and that would be what-Poletos?) to any other continent in the expanded world map that can be found on the internet...so what is across the sunset sea may have been hiding in Plain Sight since season One....if there is a Continent west of westeros between essos and westeros theoretically it should be called Turtos/Turtleos... from the Native American name for North America-Turtle Continent(Americos just doesn't work on Planetos) so theoretically since South America's native Name is Abba Yala Planetos's South America analog would be Yalatos, and since Ulthos is probably like India and south east Asia, then if you took every other Earth analog on Planetos left over collectively together- Australia, Poly/Mela/Micronesia and Antartica, Just Optimize them and call them all together Optimos - ok that covers everthing that would be left on Planetos; Please if you can tell me what you think of my theories
And Stygai is inspired by Stygia - the country from the world of "Conan the Barbarian". And maybe Samyriana is somehow connected with Cimmeria, but I base these "connection" only on similar pronunciation, and fact that City/town Samyriana is located in high mountains and Cimmeria was described as a mountainous region.
Russian from Baltics region. One of the languages I speak is Latvian... not German, but it has some phonetic similarities to it, I think. There could be some influence in my accent from Latvian thus.
Ha! I asked the same a few hours ago on a different scrivia video. I guessed it right! I asked if his accent was nordic-slavic. I thought maybe Estonian? I know a few moscovite russians but although, very similar, their accented english sounded less 'melodic'.The pronunciation of the 'V' and the 'k' sound in words ending with -ng gave it away.
Hmmm... Well, these vids are literally screaming on my laptop, set on 50% volume. I intentionally turned the volume down a bit in this vid to make it more comfortable to watch, but seems that I just got some powerful sound on my device. Ok, I shall make them louder in the future.
Well, at least, If I'll make vids louder - there will be an option to quiet them down. Some viewers are facing issues with the volume limitations. Devices, that people are watching vids from are very different.
That's what Ilyrio claimed. But GRR Martin is known for his less than honest characters and their unreliable memories. I wouldn't be surprised if those eggs came from a secret passage in the crypts of Winterfell, unknown to the Starks. The lower you go in the crypts; the warmer it gets. And the theory is that a Targaryen-gene carrying individual(Jon) has the ability to revive a seemingly petrified egg but it takes a full blooded female Targaryen(Daenerys) to hatch one
Great content as always. I wonder if light bringer is a person just like with the title sword of the morning and the part about Nissa Nissa heart and blood and Azor ahai sword seems like a sexual metaphor. What if the important part is who is light bringer not Azor ahai
Yes, it really sounds like a sexual metaphor, kind of like many myths about world creation. This one sounds though as a recreation myth, with the coming of the Darkness (Asshai Shadow?), the slaying of the lion (references to Lion of Night?). And if it is really a sexual metaphor, I fear for that lion that got stabbed.
I have a question... If the Azor ahai was chosen during the long night when sun didn't show up for a generation then how can he labor for 100 days and 100 nights??
He is going to finish another book about Targaryens first. In an interview GRRM said that he is gonna release it in early 2018. I think in late 2018 or early 2019 we will have the next ASOIF book
"Ghost grass grows throughout the Shadow Lands, being a native plant. It is an invasive plant that overwhelms other grass, is not edible, and is taller than a human on horseback and has stalks as pale as milkglass. The Dothraki believe that ghost grass glows with the spirits of the damned and will one day cover the entire world, and that is how the world will end." Native to Shadow Lands, but invasive in the Dothraki sea.
Reducetoqsh Great content but as someone who has English as a first language at times it can be a bit distracting. Untwist your knickers sweet heart. Just offering a propoh Northern accent. Alt Shift X is my favourite Game of Thrones channel and that's partly down to the narration.
Parnell07 Not all of us have the "privilege" to be born with English as native tongue. Give a chance foreign youtubers to master the pronunciation, don't be so strict. Afterall, his content is pretty good.
